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I. L. BEVIS.

WEIGHING SCOOP.

No. 271,210. Patented Jan.30, 1883.

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- die B. The upper end of the spring is secured UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISSAGHER L. BEVIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LOUIS J. OREOELIUS, OF SAME PLACE.

WElGHlNG-SCOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,210, dated January 30, 1883.

Application tiled September 15, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, IssAoHnR L. BEVIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improved Weighing-Scoop, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in scoops or like utensils for handling sugar,

I will first fully describe my improvement and hereinafter point out the novel features thereof in the claim.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ordinary scoop having my improvement applied thereto. The dotted lines indicate the position of the parts to determine the weight of contents supposed to be contained in the scoop. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan section on line 33. Figs. 4 and 5 represent a butter-scoop, the handle of which can have my improvements applied thereto, hence representing a modification of my invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents an ordinary scoop; B, its handle. I combine with said handle of the scoop a spring-balance in manner following: The handle 13 is simply a tubing closed at its bottom b, and at b, I provide a slot. (See Figs. 2, 5.) The outer cylinder-face of the handle B, I provide with the scale at W, in manner shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and otherwise the said cylinder-face is made smooth or flush, so that it can slide easily within the outer sleeve, 0. The outer sleeve, O, is simply tubing open at both ends and having its upper and lower extremities bent into the heads a 0. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) At 0 the sleeve has a long slot and pointer, 0 in line with the scale. (See Fig.1.) It will be noted that a clearance-space, 0*, exists between the handle B and the sleeve 0, and that it is only the edges of the beads c c that come incontact with the cylinder-face of the handle B. (See Figs. 2, 3.) Thus the latter can easily slide up and down within the outer sleeve, (3.

D is a suitable spring placed inside the hanin the groove of a pin, d, which passes transversely through the slot 1), (of said handle,) the ends of the pin being made rigid to the sleeve. (All shownin Figs. 2, 3.) The lower end of the spring D is, however, secured to the bottom or cap I) of the handle, as shown in Fig. 2.

The parts thus constructed and arranged, it is apparent that it the implement be held in a vertical position by the operator grasping hold of same by its outer sleeve, 0, and in such. a manner that the scale can be seen, the weight of the contents in the scoop (the same having been previously filled)causes the scoop and its handle B to slide downward at same time that the outer sleeve is held stationary, which said movement on part of the scoop and its 6 handle pulls apart or expands the spring D, the tension of which determines the weight upon the numbered scale. (See dotted lines in Fig.1.) As soon as the contents of the scoop areemptied ortheweightisremoved,thespring D causes the scoop and handle B to assume their original balanced condition, and the parts remain in the positions indicated in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2.

E is a book, which can be attached to the 7 lower part of the handle B, (see Figs. 1, 2,) and by means whereof the spring-balance can be used to weigh articles hung onto the hook.

Figs. 4. and 5 represent a modified form of, my invention, being a butter scoop or shovel its handle having the scale and slot, and otherwise having in connection therewith the sleeve 0 and spring-balance, as hereinbefore set forth. The butter-scoop operates in the same manner as the sugar or flour scoop shown 8 in Figs. 1 and 2. The butter adhering to the shovel is weighed by its weight causing the handle to slide and distend the spring D, which said action on part of the spring determines the weight upon the scale.

What I claim is In combination with the scoop having handle B, the latter having slot at b and numbered scale at 0 the spring D, and the sleeve 0, having pin d, all constructed to operate as 5 and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony of said invention I have hereunto set my hand.

ISSAGHER L. BEVIS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. HERTHEL, LOUIS J. Oanonnrus. 

